WineFairy chats with Terry Wheatley of Middle Sister Wines; John Gomez on Sangria; and Frédérique Dutheillet de Lamothe on Crus Bourgeois

01: The Wine Sisterhood was founded by a group of female wine marketers, collegues, and friends who share years of experience creating successful wine brands. Their mission is to create an innovative, interactive community that puts consumers in charge of developing wines they really want to drink. Through use of the blogopshere and social media, the Wine Sisterhood has been able to tap into the collective creativity and inspiration of their many sisters and have created a dialogue between those who make wines and those who buy them. Middle Sister Wines have partnered with food banks across the country to help families. 'Help A Sister Out Campaign' has pledged to donate a minimum of $15,000 to food bank charities nationally. You can help. Terry Wheatley is CMO/Partner of Canopy Management.net. Branding wines, building community, empowering women.

02: Eppa SuperFruit Sangria, the first certified organic superfruit sangria, is now available in multiple cities throughout the U.S. since first launched in Florida in the fall of 2011. "Eppa SuperFruit Sangria is enjoying growth for many reasons,” explained John Gomez, co-founder of Eppa Wine Company. “The sangria and sweet red blend wine category are hot right now and given the premium quality, organic and antioxidant values this appeals to consumers on many levels, but most importantly it just simply tastes great" he added. The palate-pleasing wine is created by blending organically grown Mendocino Cabernet and Syrah. The grapes are then blended with a unique combination of organic superfruit juices including pomegranates and blueberries as well as Mediterranean blood oranges, acai berries and natural citrus essences.

03: A specially selected jury brought together 30 wine industry professionals and wine buyers, along with journalists and renowned sommeliers, including the President of the Association de Sommellerie in Paris for the 2012 Coupe des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc blind tasting competition of 2009 vintage from 246 châteaux members of the l’Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc industry association. Bruno Quenioux, designer of the "Château Baccarat" range of wine tasting glasses was also be on the jury. Frédérique Dutheillet de Lamothe is Director Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc trade organization.

04: The wines of the crus bourgeois are blended from four traditional Bordeaux cultivars: Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet-Franc and Petit-Verdot. Le Point Paris magazine lists the 246 2009 entries of The Coupe des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc as being 99 from Médoc, 85 from Haut-Médoc, 13 from Listrac, 16 from Moulis, nine from Margaux, five from Pauillac, and 19 from Saint-Estèphe. The nine finalists were: La Fleur-Peyrabon, Pauillac; De Gironville, Haut-Médoc; De Braude, Haut- Médoc; Le Temple, Médoc; Vieux-Robin, Médoc; Grandis, Haut-Médoc; Ramage-La Batisse, Haut-Médoc; L'Argenteyre, Médoc and finally, Bel- Air of Haut-Médoc. Frédérique Dutheillet de Lamothe, Director Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc, assures that you can purchase wines from the 2009 vintage "with your eyes closed" they are so good across the board.